Brookfield hires industry veteran as public securities CIO
Brookfield Asset Management has hired a long-serving credit and equity market professional as chief investment officer for its public securities group

Chemical co beats widening blues as earnings and inflation drive sell-off
Ineos Group leads a small group of tightening credits that are bucking widening pressure in what is turning out to be a negative end to a choppy week

Banks soak up selling pressure ahead of key ECB meeting
Banks - and particularly those in Italy and Spain - are among the main underperformers in credit as the market cautiously awaits messaging from this week's meeting of the European Central Bank

Adler spreads return to earth as TUI gains altitude
German real estate company Adler is among stronger performers as credit markets strike an improved tone on Tuesday, while travel company TUI is an outlier to the wide side

Real estate relief boosts high yield but retail rout gathers pace
A mixed week for credit has taken German real estate company Adler back to safer levels while sending two supermarket retailers further into the realms of most risky in the iTraxx Crossover universe

Ashurst boosts structured finance and derivatives practice as it brings in partner
Law firm Ashurst has hired a structured finance and derivatives specialist as a partner in its global markets practice

Credit Rendezvous: Credit spins full circle
The third quarter was massive in terms of volumes with CLOs, high yield, leverage loans and private equity registering record issuance. But credit spreads were up and down as inflation fears, crackdowns in China and rising coronavirus cases became catalysts for risk-off sentiment in July and September

Sov yield surge finally weighs on IG fund flows, as credit turns corner
Investment grade credit funds have suffered their first net outflow in several months, as the uptick in rates volatility has finally weighed on appetite in this part of the credit spectrum

Compression trade resumes as reverse rally bites on shorts
This week's relief rally gathered momentum in credit and equity markets on Thursday against a further retreat of government bond yields, even as oil prices hit new highs

Casino's hand improves as credit eases off year's wides
Credit markets have taken a turn for the tighter, with spreads broadly rallying, amid a retreat of oil prices and government bond yields

Frosty times for UK retailer as credit hits new wides
Frozen food retailer Iceland is heading into the riskiest reaches of the iTraxx Crossover spread dispersion, where few other constituents tread

Adler rally gains extra LEG as rest of market slips on oil
Few credits have escaped widening pressure in a dour start to the week, but Adler Group has extended its relief rally after agreeing to sell part of its property portfolio

US debt talks and German real estate regain composure after damaging wrangles
Adler Group is ending on a firmer footing what has been a rocky week for the German real estate company, as credit heads into the weekend unmoved by developments in the US on raising the country's debt ceiling

Credit hedge funds (October 2021)
Credit hedge fund returns

Ucits at a glance: Angsana recovers from July slump
Just under 75% of Ucits funds made positive returns in August, holding steady from June and July

Hedging picks up as dip-buying is weighed against inflation
Inflation and rates will be the central drivers of credit market performance into the end of the year and beyond, investors and strategists agree

Credit suffers double punch from treasury and energy surge
Credit markets are nursing their wounds after taking a battering on Wednesday, prompted by a surge in oil prices and spike in government bond yields that add to concerns about rising inflation

Squarepoint takes over from CSAM as it supports star trader's new long-short credit fund
Arini, led by highly regarded former Credit Suisse trader Hamza Lemssouguer, has found support in Squarepoint Capital as it launches its first European credit fund

German real estate co hits new wides as single names catch up with index rout
Adler Real Estate is again one of the biggest movers in the European credit market, as the week comes to a bearish close and October begins with heightened uncertainty

Healthcare M&A offers diverging prognoses in high yield as market recuperates
Grifols, the Spanish healthcare business, is making a push wider at odds with rallying markets, having brought €2 billion equivalent of bonds to back its acquisition of European plasma player Biotest

Chinese power crunch brings off day for credit as investor optimism dims
Concerns about a China slowdown, Germany's election result, rate hikes and the US government's inability to lift its debt ceiling have contributed to a sharp move wider in credit, as investors attempt to digest a variety of big unknowns

HY set to roll after rocky week scuttles investors
Market participants are holding their breath ahead of the roll of US high yield index CDX HY, after a week of volatility and fund outflows

Credit rally extends as Fed hurdle passes and Evergrande views evolve
Credit markets are rallying for a second day, after the US Federal Reserve meeting indicated a shortening timeline to rate hikes but no shocks. A key deadline for China Evergrande bond payments still overshadows the Thursday session, but investor expectations have gravitated to a more localised impact for any fall out

Credit optimism returns on Evergrande and Fed but big questions loom large
Credit markets have moved onto a firmer footing, with one day of this week’s US Federal Reserve meeting out of way and troubled Chinese real estate behemoth Evergrande having negotiated a domestic yuan bond payment. But there is plenty of room for upset in the coming sessions

Real estate panic brings turbulent changeover for credit indices
New credit derivative index series have emerged at much wider levels, after a turbulent market rout made roll day more challenging for participants